Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-24
The NATIONAL GAME.

what Is Going On in the Base BAL
Phillips leads the association in two-bas
hits.
George of the New Yorks Is weak with thu
/ stick.
Manager Mutrie is said to have signed
new pitcher.
Manager Caylor is very popular with ths
| Metropolitans.
Arson is said to be the most scientific bat.
| ter in the league.
Tip ONeil continues to lead the American
association in batting.
Boyle's record as a back stop this season
| has never been equalled.
Johnston of the Bostons is without doubt
the best fielder in the league.
There is club in Albion, Mich, which has
a local clergyman for pitcher.
Hogan, of the Nets, is not batting hard
He will probably be released.
Mike Leblanc leads the International league
in batting and also in fielding.
Steve Brady, formerly of the Hartfords,
has not been engaged by any club.
The New Yorks have secured Rainey, the
clever third baseman of the Hamiltons.
Until last Friday Herman led the New
Yorks in batting and Conner does now.
Tip O'Neil has as many home runs this
season as the whole of the Brooklyn club.
Townsend, who is doing such great work
for the Athletics, is the son of clergyman.
Stovey, besides being, captain of the Ath-
letics, also acts as manager when the club is
travelling.
Caruthers will probably give up playing
ball after this season. He has money enough
to live on.
The Indianapolis club has five pitchers
under engagement, the Detroits eight, the
New Yorks three.
George Smith leads the Brooklyns in his
be one of the best infelders on the dia-
mond.
Ferguson has played pitcher, second and
third bsses, center and left fields for the
Philadelphias this season.
Boyle has made wonderful record with
the St. Louis team. He has caught in forty
four games without stop. He has at last
weakened under the strain.
Binghamton has disbanded, making the
third club that has gone to pieces in the In
ternational league this season. Two Penn
sylvania clubs were taken in to replace
Oswego and Utica, but the season is SO near
closed now that the remaining nine clubs
will finish alone. 1t is thought that all of
the Binghamton games will be thrown out.
If SO Buffalo will get strong lead, as she
has lost five games in nine to Binghamton.
while Newark has lost but two in seven and
Syracuse but two in twelve.
Says o. P. Caylor: ''The day will never
come when pitchers will all get the same
price and in6elders draw exactly similar
salaries. Think of Tim Keefe and Ramsey
drawing the same amount of money for ser
vices as that paid to Daily, Serad and Sew
ard. Or try to imagine McPhee, Ward,
Williamson and Brouthers getting an equal
salary with men like Kappel, Reccius. Toy,
McGarr and Richardson of the New Yorks.
The graded salary idea will never work"
Says the New York Mail and Express:
"The New Yorks lead the league in both
batting and base running, yet why the team
does not hold better place is not easily ex-
planned; but then it would be equally as
hard to explain why they did not win the
pennant in 1885, when they then won the
series from all the other clubs, led in both
batting and fielding, and their pitchers had
the best records. There are many mysteries
connected with the national game that are
never explained. However, the race is not
over yet"
The Chicago Inter Ocean says: ''It was in
the year 1867 that there was a national base
ball tournament il this city. A number of
clubs were entered, among them the Ma
tionals, of Washington; the Excelsiors, of
SuICdSOs dItu INC HeCaLOD1c6S OF H6CaCOnlCa,
Ill. The latter club was young and inexper-
fenced, but ambitious; 80 she entered the
contest. The Excelsiors were considered the
best club of America, and the Nationalist
disputed the claim. A beautiful set of
trophies were given as prizes, and the Peca-
tonicas added cows horn, silver mounted,
to be given to the club making the poorest |
show of the tournament, expecting to get
1t themselves. The Nationals won the
and the Pecatonica horn
was given to the Excelsiors, who made |
The worst showing of the entire lot Of clubs. |
ike that. For years the 7'Pecatonica horn" |
was the standing joke in base ball circles. |
The Excelsiors were recognized at once, and
It was from that start professional base ball |
lad its inception. Good players were in de- |
nand, and within few years an association |
If professional clubs was formed in large
,ities. The Chicagos on Tuesday won that |
oecatonica horn a second time and they /
should be dubbed the Pecatonica Blues /
1enceforth"